November 2019
PROSPECTing for lunar polar volatiles
... Lunar Lander Team in the Development Projects Group of the Human Spaceflight and Robotic Exploration Directorate, European Space Agency. He is leading the development of the PROSPECT instrumentation and sensors, including the preparation of PROSPECT...
April 2020
Reviving Russia’s space programme
... to Baikonur for launch in 2021. One successful strategy was to try to spread costs by involving European countries and the European Space Agency (ESA). Russia launched Europe’s INTEGRAL observatory in exchange for observing time; began the ExoMars...
January 2023
Portugal’s sustainable space strategy
... less 22 years ago, in December 1999, when we became a member of the European Space Agency (ESA). At that time, various government ministries were responsible for our space activities but not necessarily in a strategic way, so in 2018 the government...
09 January 2019
New self-driving rovers being tested for Mars
... the help of engineers from companies spread throughout Europe such as Germany, France, Spain, Italy as well as the European Space Agency (ESA), over a month long period in December last year. The tests are part of the...
23 June 2021
ESA and EU embark on a new space programme
...secure connectivity GOVSATCOM programme, In-Orbit demonstration/Validation service and space safety activities to monitor space hazards. ESA is the European Space Agency and Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe...
July 2016
France, Europe and Russia - two decades of space launch cooperation
... inaugurated the commercial use of the Fregat stage from Baikonur to launch two Cluster II spacecraft for the European Space Agency (ESA). The initial mission, which was dedicated to the study of interactions between solar winds and terrestrial...
